MacConnell's bat (''Mesophylla macconnelli''), is a bat species from

South South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...

and

Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...

. It is the only species within the

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''Mesophylla''.

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Phyllostomidae Bats of South America Bats of Brazil Mammals of Colombia Bats of Central America Mammals described in 1901 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas {{leafnosed-bat-stub